GWE

Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base

ICAO FVTL19.4367°S 29.8619°E1,427 m / 4,680 ftMedium airport
On the map

Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base (IATA: GWE, ICAO: FVTL) is a medium airport in Gweru, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It has one runway, 2,672 m (8,766 ft) long, asphalt.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
13L/31R116° / 296° · LIT
LENGTH2,672 m8,766 ftWIDTH31 m100 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,672 m8,766 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,969of 29,823 · #286 Africa · #4 ZWElevation1,427 m4,680 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,455of 43,341 · #435 Africa · #9 ZWRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =5 ZW
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPTHORNHILL APP126.500
TWRTHORNHILL TWR123.500